School Fun-a-Thon Healthy Lifestyle Fundraiser
Posted by Abigail Beal on 08 Oct 2007 in: Events, Fun Fundraisers, General, Healthy Fundraisers, Thons
Healthy fundraisers such as fitness events are rapidly replacing the cookie dough, bake sale and candy bar fundraisers of the past that schools used to hold. Stella Maris Catholic
Elementary School in Ontario, Canada has been holding a popular Fitness-Fun-A-Thon for the past five years as their main fundraising event. The event includes a full day of activities including soccer, baseball, badminton, basketball and dancing. There is even a big parachute used for a variety of fun activities.
It allows the kids to see that participating in physical activity can be fun and they’re still raising money for it,” says Barbara Maitre, parent council president. “It gets them outdoors and … it reminds them to get outdoors and have fun as opposed to selling chocolates and cookie dough.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit in Windsor, Ontario last year sent out parent advisory council information offering ways to add health and wellness into their activities. Their goal was to reinforce the efforts schools were already making.
The Fitness-Fun-A-Thon at Stella Maris Catholic Elementary School raised $6,700 last year. The previous year’s event raised $6,000. Funds were used to purchase sports team uniforms and subsidize field trips.
Source: The Windsor Star
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This sounds like a great idea.
Another great idea is doing a hypnotic comedy show event. All the students and parents can attend and enjoy and evening of laughter for a good cause.
Hypnotist shows are always huge hits with student.
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